New York Academy of Academy Art York New Master of Master Fine Arts Drawing Painting Sculpture NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART Master of Fine Arts DRAWING PAINTING SCULPTURE MISSION The New York Academy of Art is a graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fne arts with active critical discourse. We believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision. Academy students are taught traditional methods and techniques and encouraged to use these skills to make vital contemporary art. The Academy serves as a creative and intellectual center for all artists dedicated to highly skilled, conceptually aware fgurative and representational art. Edward Schmidt teaching Cast Drawing at the Academy’s Lafayette location. HISTORY The New York Academy of Art was founded in 1982 by artists, scholars and patrons of the arts, including Andy Warhol, who were interested in fostering the resurgence of fgurative and representational art. The school’s founders and early supporters were dedicated to improving fne arts education in the United States and sought to compensate for the disappearance of traditional training in studio art programs. The Academy began as a merger between the New Brooklyn School of Life Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture and the New York Drawing Association. From its frst home in a loft by the Holland Tunnel, the Academy expanded into four foors next to the Public Theater on Lafayette Street before purchasing its current home at 111 Franklin Street in Tribeca in 1993. In 1994 the New York Academy of Art was granted an Absolute Charter by the Board of Regents of the State of New York. Vincent Desiderio, Sleep, 2008, oil on canvas © Vincent Desiderio, image courtesy Marlborough Gallery, New York 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Mission 1 History 1 Accreditation 3 Location 4 Facilities 5 Learning Resources 7 Special Collections 9 Faculty 11 Academics 22 Residencies 33 Exhibitions 35 Alumni 36 Career Services 39 Housing 40 Scholarships & Grants 41 Financial Aid 42 Cost of Attendance 43 Admissions & Enrollment Statistics 45 2 ACCREDITATION The New York Academy of Art is institutionally accredited by the New York State Board of Regents (Regents) and the New York State Commissioner of Education acting under their standing as a nationally recognized accrediting agency. The Academy was granted an Absolute Charter on June 24, 1994, by the Board of Regents of The University of the State of New York, for and on behalf of the State Education Department, and executed under the seal of said University and recorded as Number 21, 661. NYSED Offce of Higher Education, 89 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12234, p: 518.474.2593 The purposes for which such corporation is to be formed are: To conduct studio art education programs (painting, drawing, and sculpture) leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree, which offer college graduates intensive advanced education in the classical tradition of fgurative art, and to assure that such academically trained artists will continue to be available in suffcient numbers to our schools and the society at large. The New York Academy of Art is an accredited Associate member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) effective as of April 2013. NASAD is a specialized accrediting agency for schools of art and design and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. NASAD 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, Virginia, 20190, p: 703.437.0700 Middle States Commission on Higher Education 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680. Tel: 267-284-5000. Fax: 215-662-5501 www.msche.org The New York Academy of Art is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. MSCHE 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (p) 267-284-5000 Offce of College and University Evaluation Attention: Accreditation State Education Department 89 Washington Avenue, 5 North Mezzanine Albany, NY 12234 p: 518.474.1551 f: 518.486.2779 3 LOCATION New York City is an art world capital and offers unique resources and advantages. The Academy’s (1) location in the lower Manhattan historic district of Tribeca affords students access to world-class museums and galleries that are invaluable learning tools. Furthermore, the Tribeca neighborhood has been at the center of cutting-edge art and music for over forty years. Our home at 111 Franklin Street is an 1860’s landmark, cast iron building that recalls the neighborhood’s industrial beginnings as well as the roots of the Academy’s curriculum. Notable cultural institutions including The Frick Museum (2), The Guggenheim Museum (3), Hispanic Society of America (4), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (5), The Morgan Library and Museum (6), The Museum of Modern Art (7), Museo del Barrio (8), Neue Galerie (9), The New Museum (10), P.S.1 (11), The Studio Museum in Harlem (12) and The Whitney Museum of American Art (13) are easily accessible by public transportation and serve as an extension of the Academy’s campus. The vigorous life and ambience of New York City is one of substance and inspiration for emerging artists. 4 12 8 3 9 5 2 7 11 6 13 10 1 4 FACILITIES The Academy occupies a renovated fve-story 40,000-square foot building constructed in 1861 in the heart of Tribeca’s creative community. By expanding into a neighboring building in the summer of 2010, the Academy increased the footprint of its facilities by 4,500 square feet, housing the library and the sky-lit David Schafer drawing resource room. In total, the Academy houses eight classrooms, multiple exhibition spaces, approximately 110 studio spaces, student lounges, a woodshop, a kiln and printmaking facilities. Well-lit classrooms and studios are provided throughout the building for instructed classes and self-directed learning. The ffth foor holds four large rooms for painting, drawing and history of techniques classes, as well as Art & Culture seminars. The fourth foor has frst-year and second-year studio spaces. The third foor features the Academy’s printmaking facility and frst and second-year studio spaces. The second foor was completely redesigned in 2009 to maximize the availability of natural light and features a generous exhibition space as well as a classroom for collaborative and large-scale works. Administrative offces are located throughout the building, which allows faculty and staff to easily maintain contact with students. The main foor has a new multi-purpose classroom, increasing the Academy’s ability to deliver its programs. This multi-purpose classroom, while open to all disciplines, has been designed to accommodate and highlight the Academy’s impressive collection of plaster casts. The Garden Level has been completely renovated to provide ample shared workspaces open to all students in addition to an exhaust booth for using aerosols and particulates, a kiln, a wood shop and two ADA-compliant bathrooms. Blaise McGettin’s (MFA 2013) studio 5 STUDIOS The Academy provides on-premise studios for each student during their course of study. The open-design studio arrangement is designed to promote the exchange of ideas and thinking across disciplines. Shiqing Deng (MFA 2018, Chubb Fellow 2019) 6 LEARNING RESOURCES The Academy provides students with access to a wide range of resources to enhance their research methods and studio practice. LIBRARY The Academy library provides written, visual, and electronic resources to meet the intellectual and creative needs of the Academy’s community of artists. Through specialized collections, bibliographic instruction and outstanding services, the library is a space for technical study, critical exploration and idea generation, and equips students with the skills to embark on a lifetime of learning and artistic growth. Resources are selected specifcally to support the MFA curriculum. The focus is on fgurative art and its cultural impact, past through present. The media of painting, sculpture and drawing are emphasized, as are collections in anatomy, theory and technique. Currently, the collection features over 8,000 items and 40 electronic and print subscriptions. Full-text databases provided through Gale Cengage Learning, Academic OneFile and InfoTrac, and access to J-Stor and ArtStor are available through the library website. Nine Apple computer stations are provided for student use. Scanners, a color copier and a large format photo printer are available for student and faculty use. The library also circulates digital projectors, photographic and video equipment and computer accessories. Students are encouraged to visit the Library homepage at www.nyaa.edu/library or email the Librarian at [email protected] with any questions. New York Academy of Art Library & Resource Center 7 Darla Barolini-Lawrence (MFA 2017) reading in the Library stacks 8 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS The Academy provides additional collections to encourage exploration and self-guided learning. ART COLLECTION The Academy has collected the work of students, fellows, visiting artists and faculty since its inception. The Fine Art Collection documents the institution’s past and is a point of inspiration for the Academy community. MFA Thesis Exhibition 2017 ANATOMY & SPECIMENS The Academy collects anatomy, taxidermy, geological and botanical specimens that students may utilize in coursework or independent study. 9 CASTS The cast collection consists of 59 nineteenth-century plaster casts of Classical, Renaissance and later European sculpture, most on extended loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cornell University and Amherst College. 10 FACULTY The Academy’s faculty of distinguished artists and experienced academics have extensive exhibition, publication, award and grant history and a variety of professional affliations. Faculty specialties refect the major concentrations of the curriculum, assuring that students receive outstanding education. The low student- faculty ratio (11:1) provides students with ease of access to instructors and a highly individualized education.